Funnel.



PATENTED MAY 30,1905;

H. F. GANON.

FUNNEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY30,1904.

wi bwwow No. 791,261. Patented May so, 1905.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. GANON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM TRON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AND ONE-FOURTH TO D. BELMONT LESTER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FUNNEL.

SPECIFICATION f rm ng p f L er en No. 791,261, dated May 30, 1905.

Application filed July 30, 1904. 'Serial No. 218,930. T

TO w it y 00711067711! length. At its lower end said tube is pro- Be it known that I, HENRY F. GANoN, of vided with slots 23 in said creases. Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of The stopper-rod 16 has a cap or top plate 5 Indiana, have invented a certain new and use 24, and it tapers or'diminishes in diameter beful Funnel; and I do hereby declare that the low and from said plate 24 to a ball or enfollowing is a full, clear, and exact 'descriplargement 25, and the stopper 17, which is a tion thereof, reference being had to the actapering rubber plug, is centrally apertured, companying drawings, in which like numerals so as to slip upward on said stopper-rod to a 55 refer to like parts. point between the plate 24 and the enlarge- 0 The object of this invention is to provide an ment 25. The seat for the stopper 17 is likeimproved funnel as compared with that set wise tapering, so that an increase in the downforth in a former application by me filed ward pressure on the stopper will cause it to January 4:, 1904, Serial No. 187,668, for a correspondingly widen by reason of the in- 60 funnel. clined portion of the stopper-rod on which the 5 The nature of the improvement will be unstopper is mounted, and thus increase the dederstood from the accompanying drawings gree of the wedging and closing action of the and the following description and claims. stopper. The stopperrod extends loosely In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central verthrough asuitable hole located centrally of the 5 tical section of the funnel and the' upper part bridge 19, and in this way said rod is guided o of a bottle with the funnel-stopper closed. in its movements. A spring 26 ismounted Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same on the stopper-rod below the bridge 19 and at a right angle to the section-line of Fig. 1, between said bridge and a pin 27. The functhe same being shown with the funnel-stoption of the spring is to close the stopper when 7 per open. the same is released.

5 In'the drawings, 10 represents the upper The stopper-rod is provided with forks 28 part of a bottle; 11, the bowl of the funnel, at its lower end which are adapted to detachthat tapersand has a seat 12 for a strainer 13. ably receive and hold the lower end of the The edge of the straineris turned down, so looped wire 29. The looped end of the wire 75 as to wedge within the circular wall 12 of the 29 passes transversely through the lower slot-v strainer-seat. ted end of the tube 20, and the upper or free 14 is a finger-piece whereby the strainer ends of said wire are secured by solder or may be readily withdrawn. otherwise to a ring-shaped plate 30, that 15 is a central upward extension of the loosely surrounds the tube The two arms strainer to prevent the strainer coming in conor parts of the looped wire 29 lie loosely in i tact with the head of the stopper-rod 16 when the grooves 22 on the opposite sides of said the latter is elevated, as shown in Fig. 2. tube 20. I

At its lower end the funnel is contracted to In operation the funnel is filled, thespring form a tapering seat for the stopper 17. The 26 always keeping the stopper normally closed. 5 lower end 18 of the funnel is externally The tube 20 is inserted in the bottle until the I threaded and has a central transverse bridge ring-shaped plate 30 rests upon the mouth of 19. An outlet-tube 20 is detachably connectthe bottle. Depression of the funnel will ed with the lower end 18 of the bowl of the then cause the stopper to open, as seen in funnel by means of an externally-threaded Fig. 2, and the fluid will flow into the bottle. sleeve 21, that screws upon the externally- When the bottle is filled, the funnel is lifted threaded lower end 18 of the bowl of the funand the spring immediately closes the stopnel. Said tube has two longitudinally eX- per and lets no more liquid escape or leak; tending external creases 22 throughout its but the remaining liquid in the bowl of the funnel is kept securely therein until otherwise disposed of. The automatic closure prevents any waste of the liquid. This construction is Very simple and the parts are easily removed for cleaning. The bowl is open and unobstructed, excepting the strainer, and that can be readily removed. When it is desired to remove the remaining parts, the ring plate is pressed downward, so that the loop 29 will escape the grasp of the forks 28 on the stopper-rod 16. Then the tube 20 is unscrewed from the lower part of the bowl of the funnel. The stopper may be then removed, if desired, by slipping out the pin 27 and lifting the stopper out of the funnel. The bridge 19 need not be very wide, as its only function is to guide the movement of the stopper-rod. The knob on the upper end of the stopper-rod is to enable one to withdraw the stopper with his fingers. Likewise the stopper may be readily replaced by any one if it should wear or become defective.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. -A funnel with the lower contracted portion externally threaded and having a stop perseat, an outlet-tube screwed on said contracted portion of the funnel so as to extend the outlet passage-way, a bridge extending transversely in said outlet passage-way, a stopperrod extending longitudinally into the passageway and guided in its movements by said bridge, a stopper on said rod, a spring acting between said bridge and rod for closing the stopper and means in connection with said outlet-tube for elevating said rod and stopper.

2. A funnel with the lower contracted portion externally threaded and having a stopperseat, a perforated bridge extending transversely in said contracted portion, an outlettube screwed on said contracted portion, a stopper-rod extending loosely through said bridge, a pin in said rod below the bridge, a spring around said rod between the pin and bridge, a stopper on said rod above the bridge and means in connection with said outlet-tube for elevating said rod and stopper.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aliixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

HENRY F. GANON. \Vitnesses:

V. H. LOOKWOOD, N. ALLEMONG. 

